Hackers hit Norsk Hydro with ransomware
https://news.microsoft.com/transform/hackers-hit-norsk-hydro-ransomware-company-responded-transparency/ [news.microsoft.com]
2019-12-19 02:35
tags:
business
malware
windows
The breach last March would ultimately affect all 35,000 Norsk Hydro employees across 40 countries, locking the files on thousands of servers and PCs. The financial impact would eventually approach $71 million.
All of that damage had been set in motion three months earlier when one employee unknowingly opened an infected email from a trusted customer. That allowed hackers to invade the IT infrastructure and covertly plant their virus.
This is kinda fluffy, but somewhat interesting.
source: grugq
Project Silica proof of concept stores Warner Bros. ‘Superman’ movie on quartz glass
https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/ignite-project-silica-superman/ [news.microsoft.com]
2019-11-08 19:34
tags:
hardware
physics
storage
vapor
It was the first proof of concept test for Project Silica, a Microsoft Research project that uses recent discoveries in ultrafast laser optics and artificial intelligence to store data in quartz glass. A laser encodes data in glass by creating layers of three-dimensional nanoscale gratings and deformations at various depths and angles. Machine learning algorithms read the data back by decoding images and patterns that are created as polarized light shines through the glass.
source: HN